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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1936
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Mr Johnson and a cereal product. The readable portion notes a correction regarding a cereal ad and a person named Johnson. The exact details are unclear due to the damaged text.
Henry McLemore reflects on his Derby pick history and explains his evolving method for choosing the Kentucky Derby winner. He recounts switching from Colonel Bradley’s Box Thorn to Omaha after a tip from Colonel Joe Williams and details his long study of horse anatomy and racing psychology.
The column lists visits and illnesses across county households. Mr. and Mrs. Giessler faced a serious illness of Mrs. Giessler's mother Mrs. Jacob Guessler with relatives traveling to Adrian and Devils Lake. numerous relatives hosted, dined, or visited in the week. The senior class play Hot Goblin House is scheduled for Friday May 1 at 1:45 pm.
Sunday guests included Raymond Augsberger Tamity and Emma Good of rear Elida visiting Mr G B Brenneman and daughters. Also Mr and Mrs Ruben Maxon of Connersville Indiana visited in the afternoon. Myrtle Brenneman assisted friends in Van Wert with house cleaning. Miss Aileen Biediack of Melrose aided Mrs Fred Clark with house work. Albert Duvall called on rank.
Medford reports a spring business meeting of the Dog Creek threshing ring with Pearl Ste evening. Frank Brennemann and M. H. Opelt visited Delphos and Middle Point on Tuesday. Francis Anderson works at the Richey elevator in Van Wert this week.
Mrs. Walter Schults attended family bereavement in Racine Wisconsin after relatives in the area. Mrs. Harold Gary and daughter Patricia Ann visited North Robison area relatives. Various local households hosted Sunday guests and Shults family members spent time with friends and neighbors.
Mrs A J Bett and Mrs Hollis Dindot of Grover Hill spent Monday with her sister Mrs Clyde McOmber, sharing a family visit and time together.
Out of town mourners attended the funeral for Russel H. Aes with Mr and Mrs Perle Shotts and son Dean Shotts of Danville Indiana visiting over the weekend to support the family.
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